asterisk

Asterisk allows you to utilize a NetBSD machine for telephone conversations.

To install asterisk do:

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/comms/asterisk
# make install

To run asterisk during machine start add into rc.local file following:

/usr/pkg/sbin/asterisk

Configuration files of asterisk are located at:

/usr/pkg/etc/asterisk

List of devices which work well with Asterisk under NetBSD:

Asotel 2FXO2FXS
Asotel 6FXO
D-Link DPH-80S (sip)
D-Link DPH-120S
D-Link DVG-2004S
D-Link DVG-3004S
D-Link DVG-2032S
Sipura SPA901
Sipura SPA3102

List of devices which do not work well:

AddPac AP1100F 8FXO
AudioCodes 8FXO
D-Link DVG-2032S 32FXO
Sipura SPA400

To register each FXO/FXS device in asterisk you should add it into the sip.conf file as follows:

[1001]
type=friend
host=dynamic
insecure=yes

Where [1001] is the number to call this device. Each device may have the appropriate number. After adding devices into the configuration file do reload configuration:

#asterisk -r
CLI> sip reload

To enable dialing of registered devices you should create a basic dialing plan and add this dialing plan into the 'extentions.conf file. For an example like this:

exten => _1001, 1, Dial(SIP/$(EXTEN)@1001, 30, S(600))

After changing the dialing plan reload the extensions:

#asterisk -r
CLI> extensions reload